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θυρίς
thuris
G2376
G:N-F Greek

window

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thuris denotes an opening in which someone sits or through which someone is lowered.

The attested uses show an opening associated with sitting in Acts 20:9 and with being lowered through a wall in 2 Corinthians 11:33; both occurrences use the same genitive singular feminine form.

Senses in use

  1. An opening for sitting or passage · dominant

    In Acts 20:9, the genitive singular feminine form occurs in the clause where Eutychus is sitting and later falls from the third story; the APB renders the location as "in the window." In 2 Corinthians 11:33, the same form occurs in the account of being lowered in a basket through the wall; the APB renders the clause "through a window."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "window" in both cited verses, locating Eutychus in Acts 20:9 and describing the route of escape in 2 Corinthians 11:33. The verse is read as a whole.

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